The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-28
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

Belts of gilt braid or passementerie ara
much worn with white wool dresses.
Crushed roses and loops Of tulle make
the popular trimming for Leghorn flats.
In France standing collars with turned
down points are worn only in full dress.
The rough cottons of last year, with
boucle and frise effects, are entirely out
of style.
Very wide sashes of black brocade are
all the rage, and are worn with all sorts
of costumes.
The colored pearls-rose, gray and
black, the latter for mourning-are very
much the fashion.
Fans of point d'esprit net are much in
favor; they don't give particle of air,
but they look we'll
The sailor hat is being decidedly worn
this season for all, and more, too, than it
is fashionably worth.
Bracelets are never worn in pairs. In
fact, it is the fashion to manacle only the
right arm at present
Large lockets from band of black
velvet about the feminine neck are un-
doubtedly fashionable.
A novelty in the way OF tea-gowns is
of shrimp pink India silk, the skirt
covered with lace flounccs.
Mrs. II. l.. Hughes, of Lexington, Ca,
owns a butter dish which her English
ancestors ate out of in 1850.
Sailor hats are still worn on almost all
possible occasions, their principal rivals
being the broad Leghorn flats.
To Judge from the models now in prep
aration, wraps will be quite as diversi-
fed next season as they were last.
, Red blouses of soft silk are worn with
skirts of white and red striped flannel by
English girls for boating dresses.
The newest freak of fashion is to have
the dress, hat gloves, boots and stock
ings of the same color as the lady's hair.
A string of gold beads around the
throat is worn with low summer dresses.
1t has most innocently infantile effect.
The leg-of-mutton sleeve, it appears, is
simply the result of a conspiracy among
fashionable dressmakers to drive out the
jerseys.@ =
Sailor collars, combined with a fichu
or scarf ends, are made of pale blue or
scarlet silk, and worn with white wool or
China silk dresses.
Cream colored camel's hair, with fine
gold paSscmenterie on vest, collar and
cuffs, aud gold buttons, make an exqui-
site driving jacket.
Dresses are worn longer than ever,
nearly touching the ground, and the
steels which are used TO expand them are
smaller than of late.
White muslin vests or plastrons are
made very full in puffs across the chest,
separated by tucks, through which mar
row ribbons are drawn.
Shawl-shaped revers collars, all in one
piece and rounded on the sides, are worn
with open -throated dresses instead of
the notched coat collars of last year.
Miss Edmunds is a great aid to her
father, the Senator. She acts as his
private secretary a good portion of the
time, and looks closely after his law busi-
ness
Electric blue in many shades, finally
losing itself in silver gray, is one of the
most popular of the seasons colors, and
will probably be seen in deeper tones in
the fall
Miss Luce, daughter of Governor Luce
of Michigan, has been voted the Daugh-
ter of the Brigade, owing to her kindness
and attention to the invalids in the State
camp near Detroit.
Pelerine capes, V-shaped plastrons, ana
pointed Swiss belts, for wear with black
lace dresses, are made of finely cut jet
beads, in trellis patterns, dropping loops,
or chain armor designs.
Bowmanville, Ont, is said to be para
disc for women desirous of entering the
estate of matrimony. During the past
two years there have been no less than
eleven recrganizations of the village
church choir. all rendered requisite by
female members taking unto themselves
husbands.
The newest dresses are made with two
skirts, the lower one being slightly
longer than the upper, and is raised with
small plaits on the hips and pulled at the
back, and is sometimes opened at one
side to reveal the underskirt or panel,
which may be of lighter or darker
shade than the dress.
There are one hundred and fifty female
physicians in New York to-day, and the
number in Brooklyn and the surrounding
cities about doubles that. Among those
in New York city there are quite num-
Der who have incomes of SIC, 900; two or
three make yearly sums ranging from
S15 O0O IN 500 900 and one has AVERAGED